Wednesday afternoon, several dozen Christian tombs were desecrated in the cemetery of Saint-Roch Castres. The Interior Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, will travel Thursday to the scene.
Eighty graves in the cemetery of Saint-Roch Castres (Tarn ) were vandalized on Wednesday afternoon, said the Deputy Prosecutor Castres. “Elements placed on the graves were torn, reversed and two crosses were unsealed. A statue of a virgin was also torn off. “
According to the mayor, Pascal Bugis, who had initially counted 250 desecration, damage were observed to 14 hours after lunch break guards.
A police source says there was “no registration or no tag,” as confirmed by a source at City Hall. “This is clearly the symbol of the cross of Christ, which was targeted,” said this source to Le Figaro . According to her, “there has been some damage to the graves, but they have not been opened or destroyed. Only the crosses were overturned, broken. Some of them, who bore the Christ, were intentionally thrown face against the ground. ” The source said that neither the military nor the other faith square squares were covered by the desecration.
The cemetery was closed to the public for the purposes of the investigation at the end of post noon. “The investigations are continuing,” says the source, adding that surveillance cameras are located near the cemetery, “which is the largest in the city.”
The mayor reacted strongly, denouncing a ” rampage intolerable “. “This attack on the memory of the dead is terrible,” he lamented. The council hoped that this “act will not remain without sanctions.” The Interior Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, traveling in the region will go tomorrow at 13:30 at the scene. The reopening of the cemetery is planned after the ministerial visit.
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